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Interview with Frank Mir:
Frank Mir has burst on the scene the past year. He
went from an unknown to a heavyweight contender almost overnight. He made Pete Williams look bad in under a minute at UFC 36. So what’s next for this up and comer? We tell you in our latest installment of our interview of the week.
RYAN: First off WOW! That’s the first thing that
comes to mind. Pete Williams is a veteran in this
sport and you go in and win in under a minute! Talk
about your thoughts…
MIR: It was mental. Everything is in this game. I trained really hard for him. Basically, with my style of fighting I have the mentaility of trying to finish the fight every five seconds. That’s my mentality in a fight, every five seconds. Whether it’s a kick, a punch or an armbar, I don’t want the fight to last. I train to fight until the next morning, but my mind set is every move to finish. I want to make sure this thing isn’t drawn out. So I went in there and performed, he made a mistake and that was it.
RB: You're such a big guy and many big guys have a problem finding people just as big to train. Ricco Rodriguez talked to me about you, as you guys rolled a little bit together. He was impressed with your quickness and skill level. What was it like for you to get a chance to roll with a guy of his caliber and finally someone as big as you?
MIR: It was great. Ricco is someone you can look at
and say o.k. this guy knows how to put together
submissions and mixes it up well. He has a great
guard and you learn. This will sound weird, but the
thing is, it’s almost good I don’t have a lot of big
guys to train with. Why? Because I train with a ton
of middleweights and that’s what my fighting style
resembles is a middleweight. I have a middleweight's
mentality inside a heavyweight's body. A lot of guys are huge, they are powerful and they rely on it. For me it’s like, let’s make sure my technique is the forerunner and if THAT fails, then I’m big, I’m strong, I’m powerful and I will use that. The bottom
line though is it’s all about technique. I find it very boring to see a brig brute take out another man, it doesn’t take any intelligence or skill to do that. Any monkey or ape can beat on some man. The idea for me though is to be a surgeon. Take people out skillfully.
RB: Some people think you are ready for a title shot. Do you feel at such a young point in your career you could already fight for the title?
MIR: I don’t know. The sports of mixed martial arts
changes so quickly everyday. I’m a star today, I’m a
nobody tommorrow. Basically, I just like to push the
martial arts. Anything I can do to promote our sport
is what I like to do. It’s me. It’s in my blood. I go home and play martial arts games. I go home and watch martial arts movies. If you have a conversation with me and you don’t like martial arts, then don’t talk to me, I will be the most boring individual you will ever meet. Basically it’s that. I just love martial arts. If I fight for the next five years and NEVER get a title shot, I’m happy, because I’m doing what I love. How many guys can say that? I love being a martial artist, I love competiting, I love the feeling of victory. It’s a blast.
RB: Do you see yourself as a champion?
MIR: Defintely. I defintely see myself as a champion. My goal is to reach that. Now the rest is out of my hands. All I can do is take care of what I can take care of. That means I train as hard as I can, get myself with the right people around me. My family guides me, me instructors guide me, I just got to take the business in front of me and I’ll be fine.
RB: I guess my last question is - who’s next for Frank
Mir?
MIR: To be honest, I have no clue! I really don’t. I just love to compete and I will take whomever they put in front of me.
RB: It’s been great to talk to you and I guess the
MGM is your lucky charm. You're two for two in front of your hometown. Some guys freeze under the pressure of competiting in front of their family and the whole world in the Octogon, you relish it.
MIR: Mindset is everything. You can be the best conditioned athlete, you can be the strongest and fastest, and know all the techniques, but if you don’t have the mind for it you're never going to be able to put it out on the line. Mindset is everything because you know you aren’t always going to be the biggest,
strongest or fastest, with the best cardio, but IF you
have the mindset of a warrior then you will figure out
how to win. Somehow or some way.
RB: I don’t know the last time I sat down with a guy
for 10 minutes and only ask six questions. You got it
together man!
MIR: Thanks, Ryan. I try man.
RB: I know this won’t be the last time I talk to you.
Thanks again.
MIR: Anytime for you man.
Frank Mir has burst on the scene the past year. He
went from an unknown to a heavyweight contender almost overnight. He made Pete Williams look bad in under a minute at UFC 36. So what’s next for this up and comer? We tell you in our latest installment of our interview of the week.
RYAN: First off WOW! That’s the first thing that
comes to mind. Pete Williams is a veteran in this
sport and you go in and win in under a minute! Talk
about your thoughts…
MIR: It was mental. Everything is in this game. I trained really hard for him. Basically, with my style of fighting I have the mentaility of trying to finish the fight every five seconds. That’s my mentality in a fight, every five seconds. Whether it’s a kick, a punch or an armbar, I don’t want the fight to last. I train to fight until the next morning, but my mind set is every move to finish. I want to make sure this thing isn’t drawn out. So I went in there and performed, he made a mistake and that was it.
RB: You're such a big guy and many big guys have a problem finding people just as big to train. Ricco Rodriguez talked to me about you, as you guys rolled a little bit together. He was impressed with your quickness and skill level. What was it like for you to get a chance to roll with a guy of his caliber and finally someone as big as you?
MIR: It was great. Ricco is someone you can look at
and say o.k. this guy knows how to put together
submissions and mixes it up well. He has a great
guard and you learn. This will sound weird, but the
thing is, it’s almost good I don’t have a lot of big
guys to train with. Why? Because I train with a ton
of middleweights and that’s what my fighting style
resembles is a middleweight. I have a middleweight's
mentality inside a heavyweight's body. A lot of guys are huge, they are powerful and they rely on it. For me it’s like, let’s make sure my technique is the forerunner and if THAT fails, then I’m big, I’m strong, I’m powerful and I will use that. The bottom
line though is it’s all about technique. I find it very boring to see a brig brute take out another man, it doesn’t take any intelligence or skill to do that. Any monkey or ape can beat on some man. The idea for me though is to be a surgeon. Take people out skillfully.
RB: Some people think you are ready for a title shot. Do you feel at such a young point in your career you could already fight for the title?
MIR: I don’t know. The sports of mixed martial arts
changes so quickly everyday. I’m a star today, I’m a
nobody tommorrow. Basically, I just like to push the
martial arts. Anything I can do to promote our sport
is what I like to do. It’s me. It’s in my blood. I go home and play martial arts games. I go home and watch martial arts movies. If you have a conversation with me and you don’t like martial arts, then don’t talk to me, I will be the most boring individual you will ever meet. Basically it’s that. I just love martial arts. If I fight for the next five years and NEVER get a title shot, I’m happy, because I’m doing what I love. How many guys can say that? I love being a martial artist, I love competiting, I love the feeling of victory. It’s a blast.
RB: Do you see yourself as a champion?
MIR: Defintely. I defintely see myself as a champion. My goal is to reach that. Now the rest is out of my hands. All I can do is take care of what I can take care of. That means I train as hard as I can, get myself with the right people around me. My family guides me, me instructors guide me, I just got to take the business in front of me and I’ll be fine.
RB: I guess my last question is - who’s next for Frank
Mir?
MIR: To be honest, I have no clue! I really don’t. I just love to compete and I will take whomever they put in front of me.
RB: It’s been great to talk to you and I guess the
MGM is your lucky charm. You're two for two in front of your hometown. Some guys freeze under the pressure of competiting in front of their family and the whole world in the Octogon, you relish it.
MIR: Mindset is everything. You can be the best conditioned athlete, you can be the strongest and fastest, and know all the techniques, but if you don’t have the mind for it you're never going to be able to put it out on the line. Mindset is everything because you know you aren’t always going to be the biggest,
strongest or fastest, with the best cardio, but IF you
have the mindset of a warrior then you will figure out
how to win. Somehow or some way.
RB: I don’t know the last time I sat down with a guy
for 10 minutes and only ask six questions. You got it
together man!
MIR: Thanks, Ryan. I try man.
RB: I know this won’t be the last time I talk to you.
Thanks again.
MIR: Anytime for you man.
Krzysztof Piekarz
